Questioning British newspaper The Independent's secular credentials over its decision to switch back to using Bombay in place of Mumbai when referring to India's financial capital, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday asked why the decision was not taken to refer Istanbul as Constantinople?

Chief Justices of Calcutta and Orissa High Courts, Arun Mishra and Adarsh Goel and eminent lawyer Rohinton Nariman, who were in the panel recommended by the Supreme Court collegium along with Gopal Subramanium, have been appointed as judges in the apex court.

Justice Pratap Kumar Ray, a retired Calcutta High Court judge and current head of the Central Administrative Tribunal`s Calcutta bench, has complained to the home secretary that his mobile phone is being tapped.

Former Australian coach John Buchanan has stated that he tried to make travelling an enlightening experience for cricket players and took them to red-light areas in Calcutta, and albatross rookeries in New Zealand.

Observing that problems that plagued Kolkata (then Calcutta) during British rule have persisted, two West Bengal archivists Friday cited as example the decision to shift the state secretariat - albeit temporarily.

Observing that problems that plagued Kolkata (then Calcutta) during British rule have persisted, two West Bengal archivists on Friday cited as example the decision to shift the state secretariat - albeit temporarily.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave a
final week`s time to the West Bengal Education Department to
file an affidavit on steps it had taken to stop corporal
punishment in schools after it failed to do so last week.

The Calcutta HC on Friday set aside an order of the Company Law Board directing Harsh Vardhan Lodha not to chair the annual general meeting of MP Birla group flagship Birla Corporation and ordered it to hear the matter again.

There was no relief for transporters in West Bengal as the Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Calcutta High Court order directing the phase-out of diesel-powered 15-year-old commercial vehicles.